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... Then, in 1738, Rich boldly introduced the spoken word. At a much later period—namely, at the beginning of last century, Joseph Grimaldi played clown in the same theatre, and from that period the clown became the most important figure. Principal boy and girl ...
... GRIMALDI WORE MOTLEY WITH A BREAKING HEART A hundred years ago to-day died the greatest clown the British stage has known, ~Joseph Grimaldi was the father of all the *genuine drolls, the grimacing, filching, irresistible clowns” who are the delight of pantomime ...
... great bores of pantomime .were Drury Lane and Clovent Garden theatres. It was art Oovenrt Garden that the famous clown, Joseph Grimaldi, appeared in the Mother- Goose,” in (the year 1806', scoring one his most’ notable succeeses. Since those far-off days ...
... read. These arc the sort we want to hear more of! The Clown's Last Speech Just over hundred years act, famous clown, Joseph Grimaldi, ih» stage for the last time. He addressed the audience words Ladies and Gentleman, 1 j,a. pear bafore you for tiie ...
... GRIMALDI. In that portion tho churchyard of St, James’, Pentonville, now used as recreatin'*, ground, lies that famous clown Joseph Grimaldi, and 31r. BASSETT fttoemion i;r scription on the grave stone having illegible throngh the work of upon it. wanted know ...
... theatre where Drury Lane now stands, and received knighthood. is buried in Westminster Abbey. The great English clown, Joseph Grimaldi, never worked in circus since, when he flourished, Astley had only just introduced us it. ...
... rare, 1790; Miss Burney’s Evelina, coloured plates, uncut ; Coaching : The Roadster’s Album; Chas. Dickens’ Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, plates by Geo. Cruikshank, first edition; Illustrations of Master Humphrey's Clock in plates Thos. Gibson, 1842; Grotesque ...
... 1758 it received a great fillip with the arrival of the Grimaldi family in England. The must notable of the family was Joseph Grimaldi, who was not only an amazingly clever clown, but an inventor of many ingenious tricks and pieces of machinery. In those ...
... Royal bedrooms. An animal with the stnength of a lion and the jumping capacity of a lien couki hop one-third of a mile. Joseph Grimaldi-1779-1837—wa3, perhaps, the moet eminent pantomime clown that ever ap pared on the stage. ...
... THE OLDEST CLOWN. Joseph Grimaldi is best remembered by a striking anecdote which ie said to be apochryphal, but most of have a dim impression that he was the greatest clowns, and it U interesting to Enow that one of his school survives Mr. Ja«. Doughty ...
... and memorise them ull in Eva minutes). 1. Where is the largest library in the world ? The Royal Highlanders. 2. Who was Joseph Grimaldi ? In one of the Tenitica of Kandy. tho old capital of Ceylon, In the centre of the Ceylon coffee districts. 3. Which European ...
... A FAMOUS INVENTOR. - Joseph Grimaldi was the inventor of the present clowns dress. Before Joey's time the clown—in costume, but in nothing else —was • sort of English Pierrot, an impossihle combination, and • necessary failure. Joey seems to have recognised ...